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Student arrested for stabbing maid

A Prince Edward School Form Four student has been arrested following a violent altercation with a housemaid in Harare's Mabelreign suburb, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed. The dramatic arrest, which was caught on video and…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 08:26hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter

Air Ambulance Servicesaves 778 lives nationwide

Zimbabwe's Government-backed Air Ambulance Service has successfully responded to 778 civil emergency cases across the country since its launch in August 2024, a new report has revealed.The service, run through a partnership with Russia's H…

Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:54hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter

Rethinking the global village

ZIMBABWE at the turn of the century lived true to the meaning of global village.Its citizens were migrating all over the world, setting up bases and immersing themselves in cosmopolitan capitals.However, this is about to end following the …

Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chipinge pupils sue Green Fuel for US$110,000 over assault

ELEVEN Chipinge schoolchildren have dragged ethanol producer Green Fuel and three of its security guards to court, demanding more than US$100,000 in damages after they were assaulted earlier this year over allegations of stealing sugarcane…

Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean student dies after brutal attack in India

A Zimbabwean student, Ziweya Leeroy, has died after spending eight days in hospital following a violent attack outside Guru Kashi University in Talwandi Sabo. Leeroy, 22, passed away on Thursday at AIIMS Bathinda.The attack occurred on Aug…

Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:46hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter

UZ suspends student for breaching Ordinance 30

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has indefinitely suspended a final-year student from the Faculty of Business Management Sciences and Economics, accusing him of leading an unlawful protest on campus last May.In an official suspension letter…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 23:34hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter

Gossip over sex sounds led cook to bash student

A shocking case of violence has emerged at Ruya Adventist School, where the head cook, Lesly Bizwell, allegedly assaulted a student on industrial attachment, leaving her with a broken arm after accusing her of gossiping about her private l…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Sobukhazi student dies in commuter omnibus crash

A pall of grief hangs over Sobukhazi High School after a tragic road accident claimed the life of a 16-year-old student and left her schoolmate seriously injured.The two girls were struck by a white Toyota Hiace commuter omnibus along Luve…

Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:31hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter

Student murdered for identifying robber

A 23-year-old Bulawayo Polytechnic student, Inobubele Mhlanga, tragically lost her life on Monday evening after being brutally stabbed by two robbers in Cowdray Park, following a mugging incident in which she identified one of her attacker…

Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:58hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter

UZ student jailed 4 years for theft

Tadiwa Delroy Chimutanda, a third-year student at the University of Zimbabwe, has been sentenced to four years in prison for a series of thefts involving laptops and computers from the university's offices and hostels. Harare magistrate Et…

Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:01hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

UZ student gets 4 years for stealing laptops

Tadiwa Delroy Chimutanda (24), a student who stole laptops from University of Zimbabwe offices and hostels, has been sentenced to an effective four years in jail. He was convicted of 14 counts of unlawful entry with aggravating circumstanc…

Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Notre Dame High School student raises $15,000 in goods for Zimbabwe children

A Notre Dame High School student came up with a plan to help orphanages and foster homes in Zimbabwe this summer.Now, at the completion of his fundraiser, the results have been far greater than he expected.Christian Arnold started his fund…

Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 21:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Pupil caught with 40 girls' panties

A Gokomere High School pupil has left people tongue-tied after he was found in possession of more than 40 girls' underwear exiting the girls' hostel on September 10, 2023.Masvingo Provincial Education Director Shylatte Mhike said her offic…

Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 18:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's Minister 'torments' NUST female student

The Minister of State responsible for Agricultural Colleges, Water Resources, and Irrigation Development, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Davis Marapira, has allegedly brought a National University of Science and Technology (NUST) female st…

Published: 07 May 2023 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

UZ student drags father to court

A University of Zimbabwe (UZ) final year student, Stanley Rusanga, has dragged his father to the maintenance court after he failed to pay tuition fees for his last semester.Rusanga said he was now on the verge of deferring his studies over…

Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Killer' pupil appears in court

A 17-YEAR-OLD pupil from Hamilton High School who allegedly fatally stabbed a learner from Founders High School appeared in court yesterday facing a murder charge.The boy, who cannot be named since he is a minor, allegedly stabbed to death…

Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Nust students complex awaits Mnangagwa commissioning

THE Government, through the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ), has completed constructing the massive US$17 million student accommodation complex in Bulawayo.The multi-purpose flats complex dubbed "Bulawayo Students City" …

Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 15:10hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

GZU student counter sues lecturer

A married female student at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has counter-sued a senior lecturer for $5 million for alleged pain and suffering over sexual harassment, with the lecturer having already sued her for defamation damages of $3 mil…

Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University v Student (an analysis of this case)

Dr Tapiwa Mudyahoto has a premafacie case against his former student. However, the substantial amount which he wants as compensation, might not be afforded by his former student. Again, the court may deem it too much for that former studen…

Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 20:01hrs | | by Njabulo

Zimbabwe-Iran scholarship goes 19 months without stipend from govt

To the minister responsible for students on govt scholarships We were awarded Government Sponsored Scholarships to study in various Engineering disciplines in the Islamic Republic State of Iran. We are four students; 3 pursuing Masters deg…

Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 2 | by Student

LSU students demand immediate commencement of non-discriminatory block classes

To: The Vice ChancellorCc: The Pro-Vice Chancellor    : The Deputy Registrar    : The BursarLupane State University3rd Floor CBZ BuildingCnr 10th Avenue and Fife StreetBulawayo 16 July 2019 RE: COMME…

Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:41hrs | 1 | by LSU

US universities welcome Zimbabwe students

SHORTLY after my arrival in Zimbabwe 10 months ago, I met two young Zimbabweans - Panashe Muriro and Tinashe Maparura.Both students were in the nascent stages of applying to study at American universities and were working closely with the …

Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:57hrs | | by Brian A. Nichols

Nust student kills self

A SECOND-YEAR finance student at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Atumisoe Makhurane, who was found hanging in his hostel room at the institution on Saturday was buried on Tuesday in Matanamombe, Gwanda.Nust spokesp…

Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean students conquer Texas

AS Africa attempts to stake its claim on the world economy, education that sheds light on global economics and markets becomes more important. This has seen Zimbabwean students go to study abroad and then returning with the objective of de…

Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:28hrs | 14 | by Abel Dzobo

Hillside Teachers' College students lock out lecturers

FIRST year students at Hillside Teachers' College in Bulawayo yesterday locked their lecturers out of their offices and shut the college's clinic in protest over poor health care offered by the institution's medical aid service provider.Th…

Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

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Harare chicken farmer loses 250 birds and US$1,500 to scam

Ledwaba misapplied Rule 62(7): Was CR17 unlawfully sealed?

Varakashi4ED condemns 'calculated arson for donor sympathy'

South Africa pushing to deport more undocumented migrants

MP Mangondo raises alarm over rural road conditions as rainy season begins

Ibbo Mandaza's Sapes Trust premises firebombed

Dangote's visit to Zimbabwe gets Mnangagwa greenlight

Zera, ZETDC iron out proposed private sector power retail deal

Landmark ruling clears way for fraud lawsuit

Bulawayo steps up crackdown on illegal vendors

Cop arrested for selling 30 police uniforms

Victoria Falls, Chirundu borders to operate 24 hours

400 000 houses to get private sector electricity connection

Bulawayo water shortages a critical problem

Nyambirai stirs succession troubled waters

Zanu PF appoints new Director General

Dangote to invest US$1 billion in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe speeds up mercury phase-out

Girls warned against visiting 'prophets' alone

Domestic worker fined for assaulting employer's toddler

Baby dies after slipping from mother's back as parents fight

Govt approves 5,000 health posts to boost sector capacity

Police arrest suspect in fatal shooting of officer

Minister's aide arrested over gun at Zanu PF Conference

Mnangagwa critic arrested in US$10,000 trap

Chivayo gifts comedian US$150,000 for 'making Mnangagwa laugh'

Dembare edge Bosso on penalties

Man rapes woman at axe point

Security guards convicted for stealing company truck

US flags Zimbabwe's rigid labour laws